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Leadership Columbia Program Steering Committee
Purpose
Identify and nurture future leaders who can guide our community to
achieve the economic vitality that will provide lasting benefit for
the future.
Goals
- Provide a leadership-focused program curriculum that exposes participants to a wide variety of elements affecting the Columbia community
- Create a thorough understanding of the mission and vision of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and its overall impact on the community
- Build leadership skills and awareness among participants, helping them understand leadership in a variety of situations and applications within the community
- Educate participants about current and long-term issues facing Columbia's business and community planning and challenge them to work toward solutions
- Equip participants with an appreciation of how security issues facing today's leaders affect our community and its residents
- Create an inclusive environment and curriculum that embraces differences in beliefs, opinions, abilities, generations and cultures
- Provide opportunities for participants to establish long-term relationships with fellow participants, steering committee members, Chamber representatives and session presenters
- Gain extended commitment from all participants to take an active leadership role in a business, civic, non-profit or political organization upon graduation from the program
- Formulate, through the knowledge and experience gained during the Leadership Columbia program, recommendations to be presented to the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Benefit
Through education and development of program participants, Leadership
Columbia builds committed and motivated community leaders, and promotes
active participation in community organizations and leadership.
